Diet low in sugar and carbohydrates

Director Morgan Spurlock takes on McDonalda€™s in Super Size Me, a biting look at the hazards of fast food. Morgan Spurlock initially scoffed at the lawsuit filed against McDonalds by two obese school girls.
Spurlock documented his month-long McDonalds binge in Super Size Me: A Film of Epic Portions. On top of that, Spurlock confronted incipient diabetes, achy knees, a limp libido, and intense cravings.
Spurlocka€™s goofy streak turned to gold when he created the webcast series I Bet You Will during the height of the dot-com craze.
When that contract ended in 2002, Spurlock had some money in the bank and a hankering to direct a feature.
Much in our culture works against healthy habits, and Spurlock has a litany of items he would have covered had Super Size Me been a super-long film: a€?Urban sprawl, how there are no sidewalks, and how this has continued to cut down on our physical activity,a€? he ticks down the list. Opening in theaters this month and on DVD by fall, Super Size Me might make a tiny dent in the obesity epidemic. For his part, Spurlock has shed most of the weight he gained with help from his girlfriend, Alexandra Jamieson.
While a mouthwatering McVeggie may still be a long way off, it seems Spurlock will get his other wish. PATRICIA THOMSON writes about film and food a€“ two interests that dovetail in the documentary Super Size Me.
December 7, 2012 by Sandra Kohlmann 4 Comments This week I have highlights from Clarissa and Veronica’s meals over the last two weeks.
Crumbled soft tofu is often used to make satisfying, egg-free scrambles so ita€™s a natural for a vegan interpretation of migas, a traditional Tex-Mex dish made with eggs and strips of corn tortillas.
Make Ahead Tip: Cover and refrigerate Salsa Ranchera for up to 1 week or freeze for up to 2 months.
Tip: To warm tortillas, wrap in barely damp paper towels and microwave on High for 30 to 45 seconds or wrap in foil and bake at 300A°F until steaming, 5 to 10 minutes. Nutrition Bonus: Folate (60% daily value), Vitamin C (40% dv), Vitamin A (30% dv), Calcium (29% dv), Magnesium (26% dv), Potassium (19% dv), Iron (18% dv). The hottest ticket at the Sundance Film Festival and winner of its Best Director award, this feature is a funny, subversive, and convincing rebuttal to McDonaldsa€™ posture of innocence.

The goateed East Villager a€“ a transplant from West Virginia a€“ has a quick sense of humor, a contagious laugh, and an appreciation for the fine practical joke.
When Spurlock visited Houston in Super Size Me, he found that the vast majority of McDonalds customers opted for Supersize portions (possibly one reason why Houston is the fattest city in America). A vegan chef, Jamieson endured Spurlocka€™s burger bonanza with rolled eyes and borderline tolerance, then put him on a nutritious detox diet immediately afterwards.
In March, just six weeks after Super Size Mea€™s premiere, McDonalds announced that it will eliminate its Supersized fries and soft drinks by the yeara€™s end. Her film articles have appeared in the New York Daily News, Village Voice, Variety, and numerous magazines, while her features on food and wine have been published in Tastes of Italia, Pasta, Budget Living, and Gastronomica. It also attracted the notice of MTV, which hired Spurlock to turn the webcast into a 53-week television show. The meal I was most please with was the lentils and sweet potatoes, which Clarissa gobbled up and then asked for more! I know lots of parents swear by letting their kids graze, but we have had great success in raising a pair of good eaters, by sticking with set meals. Add tomatoes, garlic and chiles to taste; cook, turning every few minutes, until the skins are blistered and charred in places, 15 to 20 minutes.
Carefully pour in the puree, season with salt and cook, stirring and scraping up any bits in the pan, until the sauce has thickened somewhat, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add tortilla strips and cook, stirring frequently, until golden and crispy, 7 to 9 minutes. When hot, crumble the tofu into the pan in various-sized pieces to resemble scrambled eggs.
Paprika specifically labeled Hungarian delivers a fuller, richer flavor than regular paprika. But when the judge dismissed the case, stating in his ruling that no one had proven McDonalds food to be a€?unreasonably dangerousa€?, and a McDonalds spokesman appeared on the news smugly telling reporters that fast food could be part of a healthy diet, Spurlock could hardly believe his ears. Monitored by a cardiologist, gastroenterologist, and internal medicine doctor, he wanted to see whether heavy intake of burgers, fries, and shakes would put him on the fast track to obesity. An obese Ronald McDonald doll sits on his desk, and the filmmaker cracks himself up when recounting how he and a fellow producer used to hide food in each othera€™s office and leave it there until the putrefying odor gave its location away.
But on Thanksgiving day, Spurlock was lying on the couch, stuffed to the gills, and saw the news about the McDonalds lawsuit.

A regular Big Mac, fries, and Coke has 1,200 calories a€“ almost half the calories a normal male needs daily. Spurlocka€™s vital signs are now back to normal, and he has lost all but the last four pounds. We have to start with the kids, and the parents have to get involved,a€? Spurlock counsels.
She divides her time between New York and Italy, where she prefers to eat anything from the Slow Food movement, Italya€™s response to McDonalds. I have a 16th month old that doesn’t eat a lot of meat but I am always looking for ideas!
Set aside 1 cup for this recipe and refrigerate or freeze the remaining 2 cups for another use. Stir in turmeric, chiles to taste, ground chipotle (or paprika) and scallions; season with salt. Once opened, theya€™ll keep at least 2 weeks in the refrigerator or 6 months in the freezer. In medical terms, Spurlocka€™s fatty diet induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, which can lead to cirrhosis.
Cook, stirring often, until the water remaining in the tofu has cooked away, but not so long that the tofu turns hard, 4 to 6 minutes. To burn off that inflated meal, says Spurlock, you would need to walk seven hours straight. How all the kidsa€™ candy cereal are stacked right where kids can buy them, while all the healthy options are way up on the top shelf.a€? He shakes his head. Our fooda€™s nutritious,a€™ I thought, a€?Well, you guys are getting a little ahead of yourselvesa€™,a€? Spurlock recalls.
Ia€™m like, why is this happening?a€? He immediately adds, a€?Therea€™s definitely a twofold problem here.